More than 4.53 lakh people participated on the fifth day of Ayushman Bharat block level Health Melas, organised at around 496 blocks on Friday across the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
While over 59,000 Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs were created, more than 17,000 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) golden cards were issued to the visitors to visited the Health Melas, the ministry claimed. “On the fifth day of the Health Mela, more than 4 lakh 53 thousand people participated and around 496 blocks organized Health Melas across the country.
Further, more than 59,000 ABHA Health IDs were created and 17,000 PMJAY Golden Cards issued in addition to thousands of screenings being done for Hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis etc," said union health ministry in a statement.
The union health ministry is organizing these block level health melas at more than 1 lakh AB-HWCs from 18th – 22nd April to mark the success of 4th year of implementation of AB-HCWs, which celebrated its anniversary on 16th April recently.